Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 85 compound words that contain dum. The most common are listed below. Open dum in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- Tweedle-dumA fictional little fat man who is the twin brother of Tweedle-dee and appears in multiple artistic works, including certain nursery rhymes and Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.
- dum dumA soft point or hollow point bullet, designed to expand when it hits its target and therefore cause more serious damage.
- dum dum bulletHollow-point or soft-point bullet designed to expand on impact.
- dum palmAlternative spelling of doum palm: A palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and some countries of the Levant.
- ba dum tssAlternative form of ba-dum ching: Used to underscore or acknowledge a joke.
- dum dum bulletsplural of dum dum bullet: Hollow-point or soft-point bullet designed to expand on impact.
- Dum Dum feverSynonym of visceral leishmaniasis: The most severe form of leishmaniasis, a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania, in which the parasite migrates to the internal organs such as the liver, spleen, and bone marrow …
- dum-dumsplural of dum-dum; alternative form of dumdums
- ba-dum chingUsed to underscore or acknowledge a joke.
- dum palmsplural of dum palm: A palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and some countries of the Levant.
- rum-dumAlternative form of rumdum: A habitual drunkard; a stupid person.
- ba dum tishAlternative form of ba-dum ching: Used to underscore or acknowledge a joke.
Compound words 85
- dumpingpresent participle and gerund of dump
- dumpedsimple past and past participle of dump
- dumperA small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites; a dumpcart.
- DumfriesA town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NX9776).
- DumbartonA town in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland.
- DumontA surname from French.
- dumbestsuperlative form of dumb: most dumb
- dumbercomparative form of dumb: more dumb
- dumptyAlternative form of dumpy: Short and thick; stout or stocky.
- dumbedThat has been made dumb (speechless).